Janice Raymond

Who is Janice Raymond?

Janice G. Raymond is a radical lesbian feminist activist known for her work against violence, sexual exploitation and the "medical abuse" of women, as well as for her controversial writings and work against transsexualism and the transgender community. She is also the author of five books and multiple articles, translated into several languages, on issues ranging among transsexualism, violence against women, women’s health, feminist theory and bio-medicine. She has published numerous articles on prostitution and sex trafficking. She lectures internationally on many of these topics via Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Her statements on transsexuality and transsexuals have been criticized by many in the LGBT and feminist communities as extremely transphobic and as constituting hate-speech.